Project Grant F14AP00643

This $20,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will fund a comprehensive initiative led by the Tebughna Foundation in Tyonek, Alaska. The project aims to create a workforce development program, renovate and rehabilitate existing homes, and construct new high-performance homes in the community. Key activities include: 1) Establishing a workforce training program to...

The Tyonek Tribal Conservation District (TTCD) was awarded a $2,258,976 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Habitat Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.463) to support the Native Village of Tyonek in conducting actionable science to guide restoration planning in the Chuitna River. Key activities under this award include: Collecting and analyzing data to better understand the causes of the decline of Chinook salmon, a critical tribal...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,717,606 Cooperative Agreement under the Contaminated Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) Lands Assistance Program (CFDA 66.965) to the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council (YRITWC), a tribally-owned non-profit organization. The funding will support YRITWC's efforts to clean up contaminated soil and timbers left from a former pump house and barge landing near the Tanana Community Hall in Tanana, Alaska. YRITWC will...

The Takshanuk Watershed Council, located in Southeast Alaska, will receive $186,600 under a Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Cooperative Watershed Management Program to establish the Greater Chilkat Watershed Working Group. The Working Group will develop an ecosystem-based management plan and support stakeholder engagement to address near-term threats including climate change impacts and industrial development pressures facing the nearly 2,000...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $199,045.75 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to coordinate the development of a restoration plan for the Salt River Watershed in western Wyoming and eastern Idaho. The project will involve meeting with landowners, conducting habitat surveys and water quality monitoring, and developing a prioritized project list to address degraded aquatic, riparian, and wetland habitats within the...

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) received a $2,124,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP) to build environmental program capacity for its staff. This will allow ANTHC to provide comprehensive assistance to Alaska tribes in areas such as administrative and technical capacity, resiliency and outreach, development of planning manuals and tools, and targeted technical assistance and...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded $611,446 to the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council through the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The funding will support the Council's Brownfield Response Program, which includes surveying and inventorying brownfield sites in the U.S. portion of the Yukon River watershed. The program will oversee and enforce response actions to ensure the protection of...

This $24,232,383 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CFDA 66.046) program will enable the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) to implement greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction measures in the Alaskan communities of Chevak, Toksook Bay, Tununak, and Nightmute. The key activities include installing two 1MW wind turbines with battery storage and a 300kW wind-to-heat boiler on the Toksook Bay grid. The...

The Yakutat Tlingit Tribe (YTT) received a $199,999 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Tribal Wildlife Grants program (CFDA 15.639). The funding will allow YTT to continue its ongoing water quality monitoring and environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling in 2 key local streams, the Situk River and Ophir Creek, to assess the health of anadromous fish populations that are culturally significant to the Yakutat Tlingit community. Through at least 4 aquatic habitat assessments, the...

The Native Village of Tununak was awarded a $268,000 project grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (CFDA 66.926). The grant will fund activities to build the capacity of the tribe's environmental staff and administration, including technical training, improving communication with the EPA, and updating environmental plans and procedures. Key deliverables include quarterly progress reports, training trip reports, and...